Watch Marisa Tomei transform into opera diva Maria Callas
Makeup artist James Kaliardos discusses the surprisingly emotional video.
Comedy is the last refuge for white men
Louis C.K.'s recent set has made headlines, and been excused away with comedy's inherent defense: Get over it.
2018 in images: by Virgil Abloh, Grace Coddington, and other Document contributors
We asked a few of our favorite creative collaborators to recap a long year in a single photo, screenshot, or cat sketch.
Flatbush Zombies are the hip-hop Santas of NYC
The rap trio brought holiday cheer to Canal Street with their toy-drive that saw all donations and proceeds raised for Camba, a non-profit which connects...
Gem & Bolt, among the guardians of mezcal
Tucked away at the ancient mezcal grounds in Oaxaca, Gem & Bolt is bringing mezcal into the sustainable future, while resisting the mass-produced tequila trap.
Hustle porn is making and breaking us
Experts say long hours are wrecking havoc on our mental health—so why do we continue to fetishize the hustle?
Countries move to leave UNESCO, signaling a decreased priority for the role of culture in world peace
Both the United States and the United Kingdom have expressed a desire to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
NYC Council Member Rafael Espinal continues to improve the city’s nightlife and the impact it leaves behind
With his new Agent of Change legislation, the Councilman from Brooklyn is looking to create harmony between New York's nightlife and the residents that have...
Inside Le Palace, Paris’s answer to Studio 54 and the site of the Gucci SS19 show
During the '70s, Le Palace—Gucci’s SS19 show space—was “an apparatus of sensations” that attracted Grace Jones, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, and more.
Russia continues to crackdown on dissent
Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap...
Hermès and Pierre Charpin join forces for La Serpentine
The French designer and artist collaborated with Hermès to create window displays, scarves, and tabletop items.
Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky?
Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire.
See the vibrant faces of London’s Notting Hill Carnival
Photographer Edd Horder documented the people and fashion of London's annual Caribbean summer street festival.
How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo...
France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app
The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app.
Christelle De Castro zooms in on downtown NYC in ‘Citizens of the Bowery’
Christelle De Castro photographed and documented 60 denizens of the Bowery for the citizenM exhibition and documentary Citizens of the Bowery.
Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum
The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art.
The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene
Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities.
A new tome traces Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv’s 60 years in logo design
The iconic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv is responsible for the most memorable American logos, from the NBC peacock to the Chase Bank...
Robert Wilson remembers the time Pierre Bergé introduced him to French president François Mitterand
The experimental theater director Robert Wilson honored the late Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé at The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction.
The Missoni family invites you to enjoy their gnocchi verdi
Francesco Maccapani Missoni collected his family recipes for The Missoni Family Cookbook, published by Assouline.
Brutalism never felt like this before
Opening this week at the Museum of Modern Art is “Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia," a new exhibition on the cold architectural style.
The Document Agenda: Recognizing power in the spotlight
Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth.
At the Happy Family Night Market, a chance to enlighten your palette
This weekend at the 99 Scott event space in Bushwick, the Happy Family Night Market is planning a celebration of Asian-American cuisine and heritage.
With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier
According to a new report by two watchdog groups, the e-commerce hub has become a handy resource for extremist children toys.
The Document Agenda: pretty on the surface
Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth.
After the mall, comes a new kind of urban square
In a recent lecture on the future of retail, the historian and fashion writer Laura McLaws Helms took a closer look at the possibilities of...
Why the 2018 World Cup is a game changer for Iranian women
Women from the religiously conservative nation are trekking to Russia to cheer on their home team from inside of a stadium for the first time...
The Document Agenda: Misogyny still exists in a galaxy not so far away
Every week Document has an agenda: digging up dispatches from the creases of global culture. With this information, go forth.
Britain’s war on drill music is a grand effort to ignore the failures of austerity
The Metropolitan Gang Unit has banned over 30 drill videos from Youtube in recent weeks after deciding the popular genre is the lone root of...
Drenched and rapturous, New York City’s Dance Parade celebrates a new chapter
With the repeal of the repressive Cabaret Laws that had been a thorn in the side of club goers for a century, New York City...
Former Interview editor Bob Colacello looks back on the magazine that did it all
“Interview was in many ways the first magazine that covered everything. The first to cover people, really, and anything we could think of—ballet and diplomacy,...
Tbilisi’s clubgoers protest for open culture despite strict drug laws and white nationalists
Thousands of Georgian techno fans gathered in downtown Tbilisi this week to protest armed crackdowns on two of city’s most vibrant nightclubs.
Another reminder that marijuana arrests in NYC are still (extremely) racially biased
Across the city, black and hispanic people are arrested for low-level marijuana offenses at a rate eight times higher than white people according to a...
Culture can cure cities, but it can plague them, too
Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs have created the first cultural analytics report linking culture capital with urban growth—and gentrification.
Why has South Korea suddenly paused the K-Pop blaring across the DMZ?
South Korea's decades-long aural assault on North Korea has suddenly gone quiet.
Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli
When Document asked the Italian filmmaker, image-maker, auteur, self-proclaimed "wild boy," and regular contributor to the magazine, to guest curate exclusive content for our site, the...
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A word about all the changes taking place at Document Journal dot com.
Transient Hedonism at Blind Man’s Ball
On the search for pleasure and temporary intimacy, costume clad New Yorkers swarmed a dilapidated Yonkers mansion for Blind Man's Ball.
Jeweler Gaia Repossi and Artist Francesco Vezzoli Observe an Unexpected Sparkle
How does value inform our culture of dress? The artisans discuss evolving tastes in Document No. 9.
